Does not ship to South Africa

[DaveH]

I see this a lot "Does not ship to South Africa" and sometimes it will say afterwards "Please contact seller"
Is there a reason not to ship here?
Anyone know?
Dave

 

[Rob Fisher]

Yip they have been burnt by the kak service from the Post Office during the strike and kak service before the strike.

 

[Silver]

Hi @DaveH

Where are you seeing this?
Where is the seller?

 

[Rob Fisher]

If you contact the seller and arrange courier then they will most certainly ship to you.

 

[Rob Fisher]

I got so sick of it (especially on Amazon and some of the specialist vape stores) that I signed up for a MyUS post box in the USA and I ship everything there and then they bundle it up into one package and ship it to me. It's an expensive service but very efficient!

www.myus.com

 

[DaveH]

Hi @Silver, I see it mostly on flea bay, not just vaping items but other items as well.
I just wondered why are they picking on South Africa
Dave

 

[blujeenz]

Hi @Silver, I see it mostly on flea bay, not just vaping items but other items as well.
I just wondered why are they picking on South Africa
Dave

I got that alot when looking for lasers, I thought they figured us Africans as scamsters due to the proliferation of Nigerian scams.

 

[Silver]

Hi @Silver, I see it mostly on flea bay, not just vaping items but other items as well.
I just wondered why are they picking on South Africa
Dave

Ah, ok - if the seller is from the US then i presume Rob Fisher's MyUS solution is the way to go

 

[Christos]

Well a site I used to buy from in the UK does not so to za anymore. Long story short if it didn't arrive after a period of time the seller would refund you. 3 months later the parcel arrived.
Pain to explain to customer care that you want to pay for a item that they refunded which arrived.

 

[Silver]

Well a site I used to buy from in the UK does not so to za anymore. Long story short if it didn't arrive after a period of time the seller would refund you. 3 months later the parcel arrived.
Pain to explain to customer care that you want to pay for a item that they refunded which arrived.

Respect for your honesty and integrity @Christos

 

[Pixstar]

Well a site I used to buy from in the UK does not so to za anymore. Long story short if it didn't arrive after a period of time the seller would refund you. 3 months later the parcel arrived.
Pain to explain to customer care that you want to pay for a item that they refunded which arrived.

Happened to me with Amazon a few years back with a DVD collection. They told me it's OK, keep the extra set. It's such a pity our PO is a POS.

 

[Christos]

Happened to me with Amazon a few years back with a DVD collection. They told me it's OK, keep the extra set. It's such a pity our PO is a POS.

I'm not ok with getting something I didn't pay for. No free lunch so to speak. Sooner or later you will pay. I just prefer payment up front.

 

[Pixstar]

I'm not ok with getting something I didn't pay for. No free lunch so to speak. Sooner or later you will pay. I just prefer payment up front.

Yeah agree 100%. That's why there's certain stuff on Amazon etc that they no longer ship to SA.

 

[BeardedVaper93]

How does this correlate with shipping from FT? I have never ordered there before?

 

[Rob Fisher]

How does this correlate with shipping from FT? I have never ordered there before?

It doesn't correlate... they ship pretty much anything other than knives....

 

[BeardedVaper93]

It doesn't correlate... they ship pretty much anything other than knives....

what is the procedure and eta on an order?

 

[Rob Fisher]

what is the procedure and eta on an order?

Go to the site... order stuff... pay... and then wait anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months. The holdup is most certainly at some stinking hub in SA.